First Fantastic Fest 2009 Films Announced

Kicking off on September 24 in AustinThe team behind Austin, Texas’ annual Fantastic Fest is coming out of the gate strong. They’ve announced the first wave of films on their 2009 schedule that will run September 24 – October 1.

This is the first year ShockTillYouDrop.com will be attending and we’re excited by what we’re looking at genre-wise so far. On the roster: The Children, Dread, Trick ‘r Treat, Vampire Girl Versus Frankenstein Girl, the Indonesian short Dara, House of the Devil (set visit), the short film Mama, The Revenant and more…

Oh, did we mention Jess Franco’s making his first North American film fest appearance? Hell yes. Get the full lowdown via the fest’s official site and keep it here for more updates as we near the event’s launch.